Wind power has surged ahead of water-generated electricity in Britain for the first time, new figures on the UK’s energy sources show. Government statistics released today show five percent of the country’s power came from renewable sources last year, up from 4.6 percent a year earlier. A 27 percent increase in installed wind power capacity was seen across the year, as momentum grows in the sector. Gas production was down for the seventh consecutive year, dropping 10 percent in 2007, with imports exceeding exports for the third year in a row. Overall power supply dropped by 1.1 percent to 402 TWh. This was the first year-on-year fall since 1997.

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